► phone (also telephone formal) · My wife was talking to someone on the phone.· What’s your home phone number?· The nearest telephone was in the school secretary’s office.
► mobile phone British English (also mobile informal) a telephone that you can carry with you, that works by using a network of radio stations to pass on signals: · Even children as young as eight have mobile phones.· She always has her mobile switched off.
► cell phone American English (also cell informal) a mobile phone: · You can reach me on my cell phone.
► voice mail a system that records messages so that you can listen to them on your phone: · Let me check my voice mail.
► text message (also text, SMS) a message from someone that you can read on your mobile phone: · I got a text from Paul.
► landline a telephone that uses wires – used when comparing this with a mobile phone: · Calls cost 25p from a landline, more from a mobile phone.
► receiver the part of a telephone that you pick up to listen and talk: · She put down the receiver and started crying.
a telephone connection that uses wires, as opposed to a mobile phone: 
I'll be at home, so you can call me on the landline.